Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 7/22

 

The Harison rose was bred in New York City and carried west 

by the 49ers in the Gold Rush.  It's a hardy rose that survives and

blooms at higher elevations - like Georgetown, Colorado. I happen

to have been here in its blooming time and took this photo in my

sister's front yard.

A hardy rose, Lord, en route to California, 

made a stop and put down roots

in Georgetown, Coloardo...

 

Seeking gold in them thar hills,

miners brought this rose of gold

and after all the panning ceased

and the spent mines had been shuttered

this rose still shone like nuggets

in a cool, clear mountain stream...

Now every summer gold's still found,

abud on thorny shrubs:

blooming bright reflections 

of the sun whose warmth and brightness 

flowers soft in petaled cups...

Thanks to Mr. Harison 

and those who made the trek in covered wagons,

these roses bloom, to my delight,

beside my sister's porch and in 2023 - I strike gold:

    the gold of hardy stock,

    abloom in  fragile petals,

    bright with summer sun,

    gilded by your touch, Lord,

    a gift, a boon, a blessing...

 

Amen.

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